On November 17, 2023, pentl’ach was officially announced as a living language in B.C. After more than six years of planning and work, Qualicum First Nation Chief Michael Recalma and his language committee recently joined FPCC staff, Board and Advisory members at FPCC’s Annual General Meeting to celebrate the announcement of the pentl’ach language reawakening…
Gitsenimx language learner Katrina Morgan shares her plans to connect with her language as an apprentice through an FPCC language immersion program. The First Peoples’ Cultural Council’s Mentor-Apprentice Program (MAP) continues to be a great resource for First Nations language immersion learning and revitalization efforts in B.C. Katrina Morgan is planning to strengthen her ability to…
FPCC’s 2021 Arts Infrastructure Program recipient, Marie Clements, was assisted in mentoring an emerging filmmaker in B.C. Bones of Crows, the Indigenous-made Canadian feature film which has been making waves throughout its media tour, successfully premiered in June thanks in part to an arts grant through FPCC’s Arts Infrastructure Program. Marie Clements has long been…
Marlene King, a recipient of FPCC’s Arts Strengthening grant, shares the powerful moments of reconnecting weavers with community artwork and visiting museums’ back rooms. Thanks to FPCC’s Arts grant, Marlene King (Nuxalk) was able to create opportunities for weaving mentors to travel to the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology and the Museum of…
FPCC’s arts grant supports weaver Tina Robinson who is expanding her weaving skills by working side by side in their weaving culture with mentor Pearl Innis. Tina Robinson (Blackfish clan, Ginaaxangiik tribe, Lax Kw’alaams), who is Ts’msyen and currently lives on Kxeen Island (also known as Prince Rupert), first started weaving in 2016 and has been…
A music grant from FPCC supported Saltwater Hank’s road to releasing his new music in Sm’algya̱x. For as long as he remembers, Ts’msyen storyteller and songwriter Jeremy Pahl (stage name Saltwater Hank) has been writing poetry and prose. He carries the name Wil Uks Batsga G̱a̱laaw (where the cedar tree stands out on the point,…
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